37<5 DEXARirS AKCEKTErS 



valore in hoc antiqniiTimo fcribcndi gencrc notis , qaac 

 pollcriiis aciuim adiniicnit , dcUitnto, 



Erjimucro iiiliil t.im ardiiiim cfl , qnod non \inca 

 nfTidii.i indnllria : arqnc vfiis qnotid anns non longiflimo 

 tcmpore cx tironibns ftcit promtos artificcs. Spcm au- 

 tcm fntnrnm , \t mnltnm adiiuictnr eornm , qui ad hoc 

 ilndinm acccniiri fiint , indnlkia , fi in Jiiccm protrahan- 

 tnr , ac omninm viibns accommodcntnr iatis mnlta Cnfi- 

 cac lcriptnrac rpccimina , quac in bibliotiiccis adcniantnr. 

 Eqnidcm ncc llndio ncc fnmtibns parco , \t complnra com- 

 parcm \ndiqnaqnc fpccimina , qnac a pcritis dciincand;i 

 cnro , \t artii chalcographicac lubfidio pollim in luccm pro' 

 fcrrc : i.miqnc omninu non contcmncndam copiam conlc- 

 qnutnm mc gandco , c]nam omncm vlibus publicis , \t dc- 

 l^inani , ita iiidics c.xpolio ct exorno , vt amplilhmis vfi- 

 bns accommodata cmittam. 



Nnnc antcm vifum fnit nnmariam fnpcllciflilcm au- 

 gcrc ccftypo nnmi argcntci intcgcrrimi ct nitidillimc cx- 

 prclh ct optimc conlirnati. Pcrncncrunt ad mcas maiuis 

 complurcs , fcd fcrc omncs aliqua liii partc cnanidas litte- 

 ras abfcondcntcs , \ctnrtatc dctriti , vd fradi inanciqiic : 

 qnos \cl oculatilfimus non pollct Icgcic ct cxplicarc , nifi 

 intcgrioni cxcmpla doccrcnt , qnid in dctritis dccfic intcl- 

 li^cndum fir. 



Tanto antcm libcntius hnnc in Pomcrania inncntum 

 et ab cxccli. profcfii)rc ANDR. WESTPH.\LO mihi 

 donatum ct Gryphihvvaldia tran^mifHim , ciim publico com- 

 iiuinico , quoniam intcr mnltos a dodiiltmo KIIHKIO 

 publicatos , luculciitos ccrtc illos , nullus c(I , qui duplicam 

 ja partc aductfa circulum habct , camquc lcntcniLim , cjium 



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